Claim of Griffin v. A. Roberson & Son
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, A. Roberson & Son and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of the said Commission on the 14th day of June, 1916. John Griffin, the injured employee, was employed as a cutter by A. Roberson & Son, a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing and mill work.
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Appeal by the defendants, A. Roberson & Son and another, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, entered in the office of the said Commission on the 14th day of June, 1916. John Griffin, the injured employee, was employed as a cutter by A. Roberson & Son, a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing and mill work. The manner of his accident is described by the Commission in its award as follows: “ While John Griffin was working for his employer at his employer’s plant, and was engaged in carrying some stock to the racks where it was required to be placed, he passed a…
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
This case presents the inquiry as to whether a workman who in anger commits an assault upon a fellow-workman and as a result thereof receives an injury is within the protection of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 67; Laws of 1914, chap. 41). Unless such injury arose “out'of” the employment within the meaning of subdivision 7 of section 3 of the act, the claim cannot be sustained. (See § 10.)
Under the facts as found by the Commission, Griffin was the aggressor. He became angry over a slight and unimportant incident which the Commission has characterized as an…
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- Matter of Carbone v. . LoftNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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